Apparently, one time he wrote a national news piece that was published with his picture next to it. A few weeks later, he was walking down a path (I think it was a small stretch of the Appalachian Trail) and he passed a few men who had walkie talkies and were wearing business suits, despite the weather and the bizarreness of wearing such on a hiking trail. A few minutes after that, Bill Clinton, then the President of the United States, passed him going the other direction and said, "well, hello Dr. Hamburger. I liked your article." or something like that.

http://www.indiana.edu/~pepp/earthqu...tation_002.jpg

I told them last week to replace the green ink, and that's how Seth changed history.

Looking at that makes me glad that I am not involved with Seismology

is he related to neil hamburger, america's funnyman

Well, to plug the data into IRIS they digitalized all the seismograms anyways, so those things exist right now only to give something that television reporters can scare people with.

I just got my wisdom teeth removed today.
I hate life.

I couldn't think of a good reason to make a whole new thread about this, so:
My daughter's father just stopped by, and eventually brought the conversation around to his child and all the various things that seeing her entails. While I had prepared myself for a lot of things--he once tried to convince me to give her up to his parents--I really hadn't thought that he'd actually come out and tell me that he wants to legally give up his parental rights. As in, on monday.
I don't know, I guess.

whoa

Would he still pay child support?

I don't know what the law is in NC, but apparently he's done research on the subject and is under the impression that terminating his rights means that he won't have to anymore. Haha anymore, he hasn't paid child support at all.

Take the shitbag up on it

No offense, but seriously, he's a shitbag. I've got a drunkass, pretty irresponsible former coworker who's spinning out hard right now, and he's still sending his ex double what he needs to in child support (and they've had a crapload of huge, godawful fights, many within the past month).

If he doesn't care about his kid anyway, fuck 'em

And that coworker I mentioned doesn't even have a JOB right now, but he makes damn sure he scrounges up money for his son

Just discuss all of this with a lawyer very thoroughly before you agree to or say anything

I've attempted to explain to people that don't quite agree with you (ie my mother, who thinks I need to latch onto the child support issue like a starved bulldog) that insisting on child support leaves open the possibility that he'd ask for visitation as well, and I'm sincerely concerned about her safety while under his care, and for good reason. Having him gone forever... I guess I can't imagine saying that you never want to see your child again, but I think the option he's presented will be the best for her in the long run.
And I don't care about money, I care about her.

Just talk to a lawyer and make very sure that, if you two agree that he doesn't get rights or child support, that there is no way in hell that he can change his mind and meddle in your lives before the kid's eighteen

Haha. It's funny because her father did the exact opposite--quit his job so he wouldn't legally be asked to pay anything.

Agreed.

GRISLY AREN'T YOU A DISHWASHER OR SOMETHING? YOU COULD MOONLIGHT AS A LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If all it took to be lawyer was recommending to see another lawyer, Lionel Hutz would be rolling in it

Then we'd get the opening transfer sequence from Ikiru in our own legal system, and America would spawn a great up-and-coming, if a bit too sentimental, director to make a scathing social commentary about it and influence millions of aspiring film makers and America would be back on top of the cultural export arena

take that, ch*nks

Even after it's all over, you can still demand the cumulative child support due that he's accrued.

I kind of feel like, if I agree with what he wants, that I don't want to be a cunt about the whole thing; I just want him gone in every way.

Sounds like he wants that too, for the moment. Just use it to your advantage and write him out while he's still game for it

But if you don't make sure he can't come back later, he will

Yes, please listen to Gus, you aren't going to be a cunt. You will be doing what is right for your child. Don't let you girl down, make sure this guy is LEGALLY removed.

Well, how much do you need the money? Are you financially stable, or do you really need the money? And would it be even worth your time to force him to pay child support, or would the amount he could give be so small, as you said he quit his job, that it wouldn't even be worth it? Or would the extra lawyer fees probably be so high, that it'd end up costing more than you'd get from it? 'Cause if it would, yeah, sever the guy from your life as cleanly as possible.

It's not necessary to the point that it's worth the hassle of him. I guess we'll see on monday.

If he's never paid any support, you may be able to agree to terminate rights, get all the requisite documentation signed and notarized (I know it takes a minimum of 3 months in PA even when all parties agree (and longer when they don't, personal experience), but I don't know the law in NC), then refuse to grandfather the x years of no-support payments he's failed to make. But it might be more trouble than it's worth.

I'm in agreement with seemingly everyone else here, in that you will know better about how this will shake out after you talk with a good lawyer.

In any case, good luck on Monday! I hope it works out the best for you and your daughter.

We turned a page, shut up about that crap already.

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I hope I have a cat just like that one day

Original Research. Mark for deletion.

This is not the action of someone wrongfully banned.

Can we change the rules to stop flooding being deleted then? They can be crime labbed, or at least an example of the offending.

Accountability for moderation!

Yesterday at work we found a black widow underneath the breakroom sink. We put it in a jar and later witnessed the miracle of life as it spun an egg sac and filled it with eggs.

As creepy as I happen to find spiders, that's really incredibly cool. What are you planning on doing with it?

It's been a while since I've mentioned that Jack White always reminds me of Chojin.

We put it outside and poked tiny holes in the lid. Spiders don't bother me too much Black Widows are a whole different story so we plan on torching the beast in a few days. Hundreds of Black widow babies...the hell with that.

Yeah, or you can sell them to goths.

Is it a federal crime to mail them to people we don't like?

right now what I do is report one of the griefing posts so that it's backed up in the CRIME LAB and then delete all their posts.

Why is AChimp still even a mod?

he's supposed to update the board software occasionally

note: this hasn't happened in the last year+

My hug reflex just kicked in

Oh god cute animals. I'm sure someone will photoshop some hilarious joke into one soon.

grossss

:lol

:lol @ willie

People seem to have the attitude that the internet "at this rate" is going to keep getting worse and worse until it's somehow more deplorable than it is already.

Personally, I think that as the members of "Generation-I" grow up, you'll see a lot of adults born with the internet keeping the next generation in line.

TODAY'S GAMEFAQS POSTERS ARE TOMORROW'S UNCOOL DADS.

It has always been. Music isn't as good as it was, the forums, they weather, McDonalds Burgers, Cartoons, Kids, Clothes, Haircuts.... on and fucking on and fucking on.

I lose respect when I here someone cry out THE FORUM SUCKS NOW!

They are in for a big surprise, and will hate life more and more as they grow older and bitter and wither away into nobody likes you land.

Already there, Pal. ;(

Oh fuck, I smoked a joint in some random shit's dream? I must be blazin all day long. :rolleyes

Also, am I blowing it in your goddamn face? Are you tied down while I do that? Let me tell you kid, if I had you strapped to a board, I'm not stopping at just smoke in your zit-ridden face. >:

You're so very, sorely mistaken.

You are mistaken. You also suck.

You are also mistaken.

Hat-trick!

Yeah, we missed you too

Some one needs to be absent before they can be missed.

Also, when did you get into the 'we' group?

I've seen people have this issue in GTA & real life, the problem is idiocy. Congrats.

What about parking your car between two cars?, that's impossible for me, thank god they did'n t make me doing that in the driving test

Try it without weed

man we're on 21st century there should be car autopilot

is hardest difficult while you're drunk. i remember once i felt like as a car racer and i did an almost 90º bend turn while i was drunk, i scared the shit out

I was messing around, douchefag. Smoke all you want, I don't give a shit.
Also, I'm an uncle now. Kinda cool.

Don't they have those cars that can parallel park themselves?

Parallel parking is easy you idiots

Oh shit? People mess around on this forum? :eek

Well shit! I was serious! :eek

I hope you die after seeing nasty things happen to everyone you love! :)

Buddy. :lol

He's gonna get waterboarded with jizz

i got busted while i was driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r91diSbeu4E

JK, but that old man had an automatic box that got stuck, that's what he said about why he couldn't handle the car

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:melt Seriously, that man scares the hell out of me. His vacant stare... the tortured disembodied screams of children....

OMFG WTFH SERIOUSLY?! INTERROBANG ROFLMFAO

LINUS TORVALDS



LINUS TORVALDS LINUS TORVADLS




LINSU TORVALS >:

Bill Gates looks sexy on that pic

He's given more money to charity than you could make in a hundred thousand lifetimes. That's probably what all the children are screaming about.

Yeah, go post that in the Microsoft ME Sucks thread.

I've never used Linux in my life. >:

I don't use a Mac either because I can't get used to the button for closing a window being on the top left and I get hell of pissed >:

It's a cover up. Of course everyone will trust him with their kid if he's donated to hospitals and whatnot! And if their child happens to come back as an empty husk, then he/she is probably better off like that, if Bill Gates did it! Damn Gates.

Everyone trusts a richman. :picklehat

You are so very banned.

And as there is no justice, when I say I 'banned' I mean added to my ignore list. Oh holy fuck yes!

Oh no the angry new guy hates the other new guys! I hope this doesn't turn into a rumble! :eek

itll be a needle-dickwaving contest

The fact and probably have no place in the same tense.

The only thing 7 is good at is showing up.

As the pert & bubbly GW would say: What?

OK, I see. Too many dream spliffs this morning. Makes me slooooooooow.

At least it keeps you from doing a dumb thing like considering joining the U.S. military right about now.

Damn, headshot.

i got a real bone to pick with you

since you're all one bone by now anyway

You and your penis fetish.